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On 12/31/2013 08:18 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> That looks normal. Having lines in fstab for removable media is not a |
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> good solution in general - insert two sticks and the second one doesn't |
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> have a matching line (it isn't /dev/sdb1) |
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Having a dos label on a memory stick allows you to mount it using the |
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usual LABEL='mylabel' syntax, which is independent of the device name. |
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sys-fs/dosfstools includes dosfslabel, which lets you put a disk label |
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on a vfat-formatted memory stick. |
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Since I stopped using consolekit (Canek talked me into it ;) I've had |
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to authenticate as root for several things that were transparent before, |
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like mounting removable drives and rebooting/powering-off the computer. |
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While security is always annoying, I think the new behavior is probably |
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better because it's non-M$ behavior and therefore safer. |
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